Railway rail fastening



Nov. 28, 1939. E, NE L 2,181,408

RAILWAY HAIL FASTENING Filed March 22, 19:57

V INVENTOR E rnest 0. Neal ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 28, 1939 PATENT OFFICE RAILWAY RAIL. FASTENING Ernest 0. Neal, Coquille, Greg assignor to Bailway Track Joint Corporation, Coquille, reg., a corporation of Oregon Application March 22,

3 Claims.

My invention relates to a fastening for railway rails wherein the rail endsare to be Welded together.

-The device is comprised of a single piece 0 metal so fashioned as to permit the rail ends to be slipped thereinto and to be held in spaced locked relationship with each other. Holes are provided in the opposite bifurcated ends through which atapered pin is driven to force locked re lationship between the respective ends of the rails. After the rails have been secured together the device is welded to the rails to thereby maintain the rails in welded relationship with each other.

The primary purpose and object of my invention is to provide a metallic bifurcated block through the use of which railway rails may be welded together.

A further object of my invention is to provide facilities for the welding of rail ends together that gives a permanent welding relationship between the rails and one that will insure the full strength of the rail at the joint with practical freedom from the same breaking, through temperature and operating strains.

A still further object of my invention is to provide facilities that will lessen the cost of welding rail ends together.

With these and incidental objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in the appended claims, and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter shown with reference to the drawing which accompanies and forms a part of this specification.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a side view of abutting rail ends to which has been attached one of my new and improved fastening blocks by welding.

Fig. 2 is a perspective end view of thefastening block shown removed from the rail.

Fig. 3 is a sectional end view of the device shown in place upon the rail.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the railway rail illustrating the device in place upon the rails. This View is taken on line l4 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a pair of rails secured together through the use of my new and improved device.

Like reference characters refer to' like parts throughout the several views.

The application of my device is shown as being installed upon railway rails I and 2.

My device for securing the rails together is 1937 Serial No. 132,364

(01. 2ss 1e4) comprised ,of a body element having a central section 3 and having a pair of bifurcated ends 4, 5, 6 and l secured to and outwardly extending from the central portion 3. The spaced ends 4, 5, 6 and l are spaced apart as illustrated at 8 and 9 to facilitate the placing of the web of the rail l0 therebetween.

In each of the bifurcated ends I provide tapered holes H and [2. The tapered holes are spaced to engage the first hole of the adjacent rails. Each end of the rail abuts the opposite faces l3,- and I4 of the central section 3. In order that the full strength of the rail may be developed at the joint I provide central ribs l5 and I6 that reaches its maximum depth at the central section 3 and the same taper out at the holes II and I2.

An under-jaw is provided at H. The underjaw I1 runs the full width of the underside of the base of the rail IS. The sides 4, 5, 6 and 1 are less in width than the space between the base of the rail and the underside of the head it in order that spaces 20, 2|, 22 and 23 will develop into which the welding material may be fluxed in securing the device to the rail. The rails are spaced apart and the jaw I1 is for the full width of the base of the rail in order that it too may be welded to the underside of the base of the rail.

In the assembling of the rails upon the block spaces 24 and 25 are provided into which the welding material may be fluxed to facilitate the actual welding of the end of the rail sections, both at the head and the base with the central portion of the block. p

In order that a uniform spacing may develop to form the spaces 24 and 25 central spacing lugs 26 are provided that outwardly extend from the central portion of the central block 3 and against which the Web 10 of the rail ends abut to thereby provide a precise space against which the web Ill ofthe rail comes to rest.

A device of this kind made of alloy metals gives a maximum of space for the welding of the rail ends together, will produce a uniform weld at the joint and will develop the full strength of the rails at the joint and will also prevent the cracking or separating of the rails at the joined ends that now frequently occurs in welding rails.

The method of applying the device to the rails consists in placing the rails in top surface horizontal alignment and in longitudinal center line alignment engaging the rails within. the bifurcated ends of the fastening block so that the ends of the webs of the rails precisely engage the' lugs outwardly extending from the central portion of the central section of the device, then driving tapering pins through the holes of the bifurcated ends and through the first hole of the rail and then welding the device to the rails.

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirably adapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not intended to confine the invention to the embodiment herein shown and described, as it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a one piece block made of alloy metal, said block being comprised of a central section and ends that are bifurcated and outwardly extending from the opposite sides of the central section, with the inside surface of the bifurcated ends being placed to fit the engaging sides of the web of the rail, each of said bifurcated ends having a tapered hole disposed therein, an under jaw disposed upon the under side and central of the block, lugs disposed upon the opposite sides of the central section against which the rail ends will abut when positioned within the one piece member, and ribs disposed on the outside of the body of the block and extending between the tapered holes that extend through the bifurcated ends.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a block of alloy steel, said block being comprised of a central section and bifurcated ends formed integral therewith and outwardly extending therefrom, the width of said bifurcated ends being less than the depth of the web of the railway rails to be fitted thereto, an under jaw disposed on the under side and central of the one piece member the bottom of the under jaw being curved longitudinally so that the ends of the under jaw will be formed thin, bolt holes disposed between and in registry with each other and placed within in the opposite sides of the bifurcated ends, said holes being positioned for being placed in registry with the bolt holes disposed in standard railway rails, said bolt holes being tapered and the top and bottom sides of the bifurcated ends being horizontal and parallel with each other.

3. A reinforcing fastener for mechanically engaging the ends of adjacent rails that are to be welded together, comprising a body element, said body element uniformly spacing the adjacent ends of the rails apart, with the edges of the rail ends being spaced from the surface of the body of the fastener to permit the weld being fluxed therein, that are to be welded together, and legs outwardly extending from each side of the body element, said legs being fashioned to engage the sides of the rail, and said legs having holes disposed therein that are positioned to register with the holes that are disposed in the web of each of the rails.

ERNEST C. NEAL. 

